Cutter



L. VERCOUTERE.l

CUTTER. APPLICATION FILED. un. 20, i920.

Patented Feb. :22, 1921.

WITNESSES A TTORNEYS Y i,3e9,5si.

vUruiii) STATES.V PATENT OFFICE.,-

LoUis VERCOUTERE, or PITTSBURG; KANSAS.

CUTTER.

vApplication filed Apri1i20, 1920. Serial N0. 375,275.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LOUIS VEncoU'rERE, a citizen of the United States,and a. resident of the city of Pittsbur in the county of Crawford andState of 4l ansas, have invented a new andlmproved Cutter, of which thet following is a full, clear, and eXact description.

This invention relates to improvements in cutters, an object of theinvention being to provide improved means for securing a cutting bladeat any desirable longitudinal ladjustment relative to its support, so asto regulate the depth of the cut.

A further obj ect is to provide a device of the character stated, whichis primarily adapted for use as a tire cutter, and can be regulated tocut any number of Vthicknesses of canvas, or other material quickly anduniformly.

A further object is to provide a cutterr j of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a view in section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. i is a view in section on line 4-4 of Fig. l.

Fig. 5 is a view of one form of cutting blade.

1 represents the shank of my improved cutter, a handle 2 is'provided onone end of the shank, anda bifurcated head 3 straddles the other end ofthe shank, and is secured in place by means of screws l or othersecuring device.

The portion of the shank 1 which supports the head 3 is supported at anangle to the handle end 2, and said head 3 may be conveniently formed bybending avsingle sheet of metal midway between its ends, so that whenthe head is in position on the shank a slot or opening 5 is provided'forthe accommodation of the cutting blade G.

The cuttingvbladev 6 may have av forward cutting edge at its end asshown.y in Fig. 1, ora rear cutting edge 8 as shown in Fig. 5.

vAs a ,mat-ter' of 'fact I. provide with each .cutter both forms ofblades so that the de- 13 at one end which prevents rotary move-` mentof the screw without interfering with the longitudinal movement thereof.

A thumb nut 14 is located in slots 15 in the side members 7 of the head3 and engages the screw 9. This nut 14 projects from both sides of thehead, and is preferably knurled to facilitate its movement to adjust thescrew Specification of Letters Patent.' Patented Feb 22, 1921longitudinally into clamping or released position.

The blade 5 can be easily and quickly adjusted to project the cuttingend thereof the desired distance from the edge of the head in accordancewith the depth of the cut desired, and can .be rigidly clamped in anyposition. p While I have referred to my improved device as primarilyadapted for use as a tire cutter, it is likewise adapted for vmany otheruses, and hence I desire to cover broadly the device itself for any useto which it can be put. a Y

Various slight changes might be made in the general form-of the partsdescribed with out departing from my invention, and hence I do not limitmyself to the precise details' set forth,`butconsider myselfat libertyto make such slight changes and alterations as fairly fall within thespirit and scope of the appended claims.v

I claim: *f v 5 j 1. A cutter of the character stated comprising ashank, a head on the shank, a cutrting blade secured in said head andmovable t therethrough, the sharp end of said blade projecting from thehead, means for locking the same and movable longitudinally thereof, toclamp the blade,means preventing rotary movement of they screw,and meansassociated with the screw for moving' the same longitudinally.

- 2. A cutter of the character stated com-y and removable longitudinallythereof, tol

clamp the blade in position, means preventing rotary movement of thescrew, said head having a transverse slot therein, a thumb nut aroundthe screw, vand presenting aV roughened periphery through said slot, thewal svof said slot preventing lateral movement of the nut whereby aturning movement of the nut imparts longitudinal movement to the'screw.Y

3. A cutter of the character described, comprising a bifurcated headstraddling the Vend of the shank and having its intermediate portionspaced from the end' thereof, aV

blade movable between the intermediate portion of the bifurcated headand the end of l the shank, said shank having a longitudinal slottherein, a screw movable longitudinally in the slot to clamp the bladein various positions of adjustment, alined openings inthe shank andhead, a thumb nut around the screw located in said openings, means pre-Venting rotary movement of the screw, and

means compelling longitudinal movement of s the screw when the nut isturned. n

Louis VERCOUTERE-

